Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

"Serno, you don't actually think your magic is just blowing bubbles, do you? The essence of your magic is setting the rules for space! Theoretically, inside your bubble, you are a god!"

Miss Sirius poked my nose and said, "Although you have potential, your spirit and belief are not enough to support the upper limit of this magic. In order to make you stronger, we should hold a debut press conference as soon as possible!"

"...Debut as an idol?"

I wasn't mentally prepared to officially begin my idol career, singing and dancing on stage.

Seemingly realizing this, Miluno said, "Ahem, you two shouldn't forget the important matter. Let's figure out a way to lift Xiaoyi's curse first."

Miluno called me over for this, but...

"How can my magic interfere with the magic of time?"

"Put the strongest magic membrane on Xiaoyi, and I'll speed up her time so she can skip the 'rewind' time point. It's 3 PM now. If it resets at midnight every night, there are still nine hours left. At the maximum speed of 30x, that's about 18 minutes in reality. During this time, you may need to change the bubble wrap a few times."

"...Is this definitely going to work?"

If it doesn't work, it just shortens Xiaoyi's time today.

"It's uncertain, but it's worth a try."

"If Xiaoyi has no objections..."

I raised the ruby ​​wand.

"Let's begin!"

The bubble membrane, formed by all its might, appeared on Xiao Yi's body surface, then expanded into a ring of bubbles that floated in the living room of the wooden house.

Milno reached out and placed her hand on the bubble, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Serno, let me in too."

Did you think it would be too lonely for Xiaoyi to spend the accelerated nine hours alone?

Miluno is really gentle.

"Ah."

I covered her with bubble wrap as well, and then merged her into Xiaoyi's bubble.

I asked, "Should I come in too?"

"No need, I'll stay with her."

Milno placed her hand on the bubble wall, preparing to activate her acceleration magic, but Xiaoyi stopped her, saying, "Wait a minute!"

Are you scared?

"No, Sister Seruno, could you give me the diary? I want to use this time to read and write in it... If the experiment fails, all my experiences today will be reset, so I need to record them before they disappear."

Although they live in the present forever, every day Xiaoyi is erased by the "rewind" magic, and only this diary can prove that they once existed.

I handed the heavy diary and pen to the bubble wrap, and Miluno hugged her senior from behind.

"Okay, thank you everyone, we can begin now."

"It will definitely succeed... My magic and Miss Miluno's magic will surely carry you to tomorrow."

Miluno nodded and began to accelerate. The two people inside the bubble moved so fast that they became blurry, like a videotape in fast-forward.

About five minutes passed before the bubble surface started to crack and slowed down – it seemed like it needed to be renewed.

"It lasted longer than I expected, Seruno, your bubble has become stronger."

"Um...would you like to come out and rest for a bit?"

Miluno looked at Xiaoyi, who was holding a white rabbit and shook her head.

"With Sister Miluno with me, I don't feel bored at all, and the feeling of floating in the bubbles is very interesting."

"Then let's continue."

I put the protective film back on them.

Continue accelerating.

To get past Xiaoyi's "today", we'll probably need to change the bubble three more times.

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Today I received my first Yan Emperor (a mythical creature) in my life!

Thank you for your support, dear reader "Can't Double Jump". You must be the famous Virgil!

Chapter Eleven Tomorrow

(Albinocotyledon)

Xiao Yi has finished writing her diary.

If there are some words she doesn't know how to write, she'll ask me for help.

After all, she was a "veteran" who had been fighting on the front lines since elementary school, so she never had the chance to go to school properly.

In response, she explained, "I didn't receive much formal education. Vega taught me Chinese characters, and Spica also taught me some other subjects... um..."

Perhaps because of the afternoon drowsiness and boredom inside the bubble, Xiao Yi was still dozing off in my arms, her heavy little head drooping down.

Cute yet pitiful.

"If you feel sleepy, why don't you take a nap?"

Her hair smelled wonderful, and it brushed against my nose, making me feel a little itchy... and my heart felt itchy too.

"I'm not sleepy, Sister Miluno."

She stubbornly shook her head.

"I don't want to waste my precious time sleeping."

"Shall we tell a story? But compared to my story, your story as a magical girl must be even more exciting... In our time, you and Sirius are known as 'legends,' and it was your efforts that saved the world."

My voice isn't suited to speaking gently, so I can only try to slow down my speech.

"If we don't do it, the world will be doomed!"

"If we need a child as young as you to be a hero, then this world is better off dead... But things are different now. There are many magical girls, and even if there is another full-scale invasion, we are confident that we can drive 'the other side' back."

Don't say that.

Xiao Yi blinked and smiled, "Sister Miluno is very confident."

"I rarely feel like I'll lose, but I did suffer a bit of a setback recently."

One after another, some of the toughest battles he'd ever encountered since entering the industry came one after another. Was Seruno a jinx?

Xiao Yi smiled, squinted her eyes, and closed the diary in her hand.

"Although I can no longer transform, I have fought for many years in my seventeen-year-old form, so you don't need to treat me like a child... Besides, you're only a year or two older than me, right?"

"Um, sorry, should I call you 'sister'?"

"No need, Sister Miluno looks more mature, which makes people curious about what you originally looked like."

I have no intention of revealing my identity here, especially with Seruno watching from outside the bubble.

He then said, "This is a secret for magical girls."

“Back then, we were just as secretive as you are, but in the end we all knew each other inside and out… except for Aldebaran, who remained a mystery until the very last moment.”

Aldebaran?

"Her title was 'Golden Princess,' and her magic was even more magnificent than Sirius's. However, last year... seven years ago, she went to 'the other side' with others and never came back."

She spoke with a hint of melancholy.

For Xiao Yi, the world is still very dangerous. She doesn't know that we have maintained zero casualties for a long time, that the second counterattack is already being prepared, or that... those comrades who went to 'the other side' may still be alive, and some may have even returned in another form.

In short, I want to take her out to see the world.

"Take a nap."

But the responsibilities of a magical girl no longer need to be borne by her.

"Ah."

This is the fourth bubble.

Judging by the time, Xiaoyi's day is almost over...

After speeding through "today," can we bring her into "tomorrow"?

"It's coming."

Xiao Yi, who was thought to be asleep, suddenly opened her eyes.

Then, the "rewind" that couldn't be stopped started ahead of schedule.

"Why?! Isn't 'rewind' triggered by a change of date?"

Xiaoyi couldn't answer me; her time was rapidly rewinding, but without this accelerating bubble, it would rewind even faster.

She is magically "rewound" once a day, and the "rewind" lasts for 24 hours.

They thought that by speeding up her up to break through this time limit, they could prevent the "rewind" from happening at midnight.

But unexpectedly, the basis for "rewinding" was her own time, just as my magic is to accelerate myself.

If I were to accelerate the entire world, I might have to become some kind of Stand user.

Thanks to my rationality as Miluno, I quickly calmed down, cleared my mind, and tried to stop the "rewind" magic.

"Rewinding" is not done instantly; there is also a process of going backward.

This is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune; although it collapsed quickly, it's not entirely hopeless.

I can't directly accelerate her body's time, as that could not only harm her but also speed up her rewind.

At this point, we should...

slow down.

Decelerate to the maximum extent possible.

Having made up my mind, I almost completely froze her time, as well as her rewinding state.

Because we are still inside the accelerated Serono bubble, our time in a broader sense is still moving forward.